#Brain

"I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have a body that works but a brain that is waving goodbye. If that happens, I hope I die quickly."

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."

"How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all."

"I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—As if my Brain had split—I tried to match it—Seam by Seam—But could not make it fit."

"A brain is only capable of what it could conceive, andit couldnt concieve what it hasnt experienced"

"When I start a new seminar I tell my students that I will undoubtedly contradict myself, and that I will mean both things. But an acceptance of contradiction is no excuse for fuzzy thinking. We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledge that they cannot take us all the way."

"I had a dream about you. You were storing my brain in a pickle jar in the fridge, and I only discovered it when I went to garnish my hamburger. Mindless and hungry, I was a US politician’s ideal voter."

"God has mercifully ordered that the human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterwards the bruise."

"I decided at 40 I was wasting entire chunks of my brain and didn't want to blow my one chance on Earth. I'm glad I made that decision. Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space. Sometimes, as with film, you can hybridize, but I think it's basically the space part of my brain wanting equal footing with the time part."

"Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor."

"If football players wanted to protect their brains from injury they’d wear astronaut helmets. After all, astronauts have massive IQ’s, so wearing their protective headgear seems like a smart choice."

"I love when my cat crushes his forehead into mine like my skull is an empty beer can. But it’s not—there’s still a sip left."

"...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful,"it will be more likely to be recalled in the future."

"Stuff your brain with knowledge."

"To some education is just a bore; to most education is food for the brain and enrichment for the present and future."

"As much as I would love to know what you know, I’d much rather eat your brain with a spoon."

"His shelf. Good. Noodle dust. Decaying brain collecting dust. Must insert it back in skull—what was I thinking?"

"I'm an insomniac, my mind works the night shift."

"Though my skull is the size of a soup bowl, everything in the universe—and more—can fit inside my imagination. And guess what? My imagination tastes like chicken noodle soup."

"Learn to deal with the fact that you are not a perfect person but you are a person that deserves respect and honesty."